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Award-winning publisher of outstanding Latin American literature. Edinburgh. charcopress.com
Edgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil until vultures lead him into a quest that becomes an exhortation about dignity for the forgotten and discarded. Ana Paula Maia's novel about two working men and a day that changes everything is out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead
A son remembers his father's death under Brazil's dictatorship and his mother's extraordinary journey from grief to becoming a champion for justice. Marcelo Rubens Paiva's I'M STILL HERE is out soon. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/im-still-here
The "extraordinary" I'M STILL HERE by Marcelo Rubens Paiva and translated by Alison Entrekin and Daniel Hahn is out soon! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lett...
Letters from Latin America
ON January 20 1971, a public holiday in Brazil, former congressman Rubens Paiva was arrested at his Rio de Janeiro home by agents of the military dictatorship. He was tortured and murdered; his body w...
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ONE HUNDRED GUINEA PIGS by Gustavo Rodríguez, translated by Daniel Hahn, explores euthanasia through the profound friendship between a caregiver and an elderly woman facing her final days. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/one-hundred-guinea-pigs
Looking forward to reading this great new collection @charcopress.com on one of the world's pivotal colonial archives
Charco Press@charcopress.com · 3w agoShip manifests, letters home, colonial decrees: the General Archive of the Indies holds 80 million pages of empire. In Unveiling Stories, ten writers from Spain and Latin America write back. Out now in Charco Essays, with thanks to @hayfestival.bsky.social. charcopress.com/bookstore/un...
Ship manifests, letters home, colonial decrees: the General Archive of the Indies holds 80 million pages of empire. In Unveiling Stories, ten writers from Spain and Latin America write back. Out now in Charco Essays, with thanks to @hayfestival.bsky.social. charcopress.com/bookstore/un...
"With her characteristic edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Piñeiro exposes not only the monsters we live among, but also the society that produces them." theconversation.com/cathedrals-b...
Cathedrals by Claudia Piñeiro is a gripping Argentinian crime story about gender violence and the weaponisation of religion
The unsolved murder of a young girl in Argentina sends shockwaves through generations of a religious family.
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Yet another brilliant book by Ana Paula Maia @charcopress.com - and a great read for those interested in more-than-human entanglements in contemporary literature
Charco Press@charcopress.com · 2mo agoEdgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil—until one day, vultures circling in the woods pull him into something far darker. Ana Paula Maia's BURY YOUR DEAD is a quest for dignity in the grimmest of circumstances. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead
OF CATTLE AND MEN: “In Perry’s translation, Maia reads like Cormac McCarthy with the labor consciousness of George Orwell.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Explore translated literature with these 6 titles
These recommendations include books translated from Spanish, Danish, Norwegian and more.
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What do you think of Ana Paula Maia's latest following her International @thebookerprizes.com shortlisting earlier this year? charcopress.com/bookstore/bu...
APPARITIONS by Margo Glantz, translated by Ellen Jones, explores ecstasy and desire transmuted into devotion—two nuns and an obsessed mother pursuing communion through pain, pleasure, and the body as a path to the divine. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/apparitions
I'M STILL HERE by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, translated by Alison Entrekin and Daniel Hahn, is a luminous memoir of a son's coming of age amid Brazil's dictatorship, and his mother's extraordinary fight for justice. Available to pre-order. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/im-still-here
2022 #39 I've been neglecting this thread lately but back on it today. This is one of the best I've read from @charcopress.com , an ailing mother seeks to find out what happened to her daughter who was found dead in her former church. Engrossing and definitely ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky
Two brilliant books by the Mapuche writer and activist Daniela Catrileo have been published @charcopress.com in wonderful translations by Jacob Edelstein charcopress.com/bookstore/ch... & charcopress.com/bookstore/pi...
BURY YOUR DEAD. New work from International Booked shortlisted author Ana Paula Maia. Out now!
“Maia has charted her own literary territory" Thank you @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“One Step Behind Death”: Ana Paula Maia’s Bury Your Dead - Words Without Borders
“Maia has charted her own literary territory,” writes critic Anderson Tepper in his review of Ana Paula Maia's "Bury Your Dead."
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@charcopress.com does it again! Don't miss our review of Ana Paula Maia's marvelously gore-tastic new release, c/o Anderson Tepper: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“One Step Behind Death”: Ana Paula Maia’s Bury Your Dead - Words Without Borders
“Maia has charted her own literary territory,” writes critic Anderson Tepper in his review of Ana Paula Maia's "Bury Your Dead."
wordswithoutborders.org
Charco Press@charcopress.com · 2mo agoEdgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil—until one day, vultures circling in the woods pull him into something far darker. Ana Paula Maia's BURY YOUR DEAD is a quest for dignity in the grimmest of circumstances. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead
Edgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil—until one day, vultures circling in the woods pull him into something far darker. Ana Paula Maia's BURY YOUR DEAD is a quest for dignity in the grimmest of circumstances. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead
Currently reading. Compelling and curious, which is good mental exercise. From the lovely folks @charcopress.com
Bury Your Dead by International Booker Prize shortlister Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan, is out in the UK today, closely followed by the US in early September. A roadkill crew in rural Brazil finds the wrong kind of body: charcopress.com/bookstore/bu...
Bury Your Dead (Preorder) — Charco Press
Ana Paula Maia Translated by Padma Viswanathan A roadkill crew in rural Brazil finds the wrong kind of body. Edgar Wilson has left behind his job as a stunner at the slaughterhouse. He n...
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2026 reading 🧵 I’ve owned this for years but #WiTMonth finally prompted me to read it. Two novellas and seven short stories in one slim volume, and they’re excellent! Tales of attempted escape, frustration, desire and more. Great collection and two more of hers from @charcopress.com to seek out.
CATEDRALES (Cathedrals) is coming to Amazon Prime later this year! We can't wait to see this adaptation ⛪️ Our publication of Cathedrals is out now: charcopress.com/bookstore/ca...
Throughout Women in Translation Month, we'll be celebrating the brilliant translators behind Charco Press books, sharing their thoughts on translation, the books they love and why bringing stories across languages matters. Our series begins with Alison, co-translator of I'm Still Here.
